Title: Floods in Sabaragamuwa/West, Sri Lanka (2017-05-31)
Activation time (UTC): 2017-05-31 10:33:00 Event time (UTC): 2017-05-24 18:30:00 Event type: Flood (Riverine flood)
Activation reason:
Monsoon rains caused severe flooding and mudslides in western and southern Sri Lanka. The death toll has climbed to more than 200 with 94 people still missing in the country’s worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half a million people.
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Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR205]: Floods in Sabaragamuwa/West, Sri Lanka (2017-05-31)
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| Issue date | 2017-05-31 |
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| Landing page | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR205 |
| Language | English |
| Data theme(s) | Regions and cities; Science and technology |
| EuroVoc domain(s) | 72 GEOGRAPHY |
| Identifier | http://data.europa.eu/89h/72a32520-6cef-4112-9dc6-ddea92b8cb29 |
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| Geographic bounding box | 6.87103725861° N, 80.4120708133° E, 6.38282862834° S, 79.9673782596° W |
| Coordinate Reference System | ETRS89 / LAEA Europe |
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